Dasypus kappleri

– Least Concern

Taxonomy

Kingdom:

ANIMALIA

Phylum:

CHORDATA

Class:

MAMMALIA

Order:

CINGULATA

Family:

DASYPODIDAE

Scientific Name:

Dasypus kappleri

Species Authority:

Krauss, 1862

Common Name/s:

English

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GREATER LONG-NOSED ARMADILLO

Assessment Information

Red List Category & Criteria:

LC ver 3.1 (2001)

Year Assessed:

2006

Assessor/s:

Anacleto, T., Cuellar, E. & members of the Edentate Specialist Group

Evaluator/s:

Sechrest, W. (Global Mammal Assessment) & da Fonseca, G.A.B. & members of the Edentate Specialist Group

Justification:

Listed as Least Concern in view of its wide distribution, presumed large population, its occurrence in a number of protected areas, and because it is unlikely to be declining fast enough to qualify for listing in a more threatened category.

History:

1996

Lower Risk/least concern (Baillie and Groombridge 1996)

Geographic Range

Range Description:

This species has been recorded from Colombia (east of the Andes), Venezuela (south of the Orinoco), the countries of Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana, and south through the Amazon Basin of Brazil, Ecuador, Perú and northern Bolivia (Departamento Pando) (Gardner 2005). In Brazil, it occurs in a large part of the state of Mato Grosso, Brazil, but has not been recorded from southern Para, east of the Rio Tapajos. The easternmost locality is on the left bank of Rio das Mortes, affluent of the upper Rio Araguaia, western Mato Grosso (Edentate Specialist Group).

Countries:

Native:

Bolivia; Brazil; Colombia; Ecuador; French Guiana; Guyana; Peru; Suriname; Venezuela

Population

Population:	There are no details available on the population or abundance of this species.
Population Trend:

Habitat and Ecology

Habitat and Ecology:

This species is restricted to the tropical moist lowland forests of the Orinoco and Amazon River basins. In savanna areas it is restricted to forest patches. The species constructs burrows in well-drained soil. The females typically give birth to two young (Eisenberg 1989).

System:

Terrestrial

List of Habitats:

1.6	Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland

Threats

Threats:

There are no major threats. Locally, the species is threatened by deforestation. It is unable to survive in savannas or open areas.

List of Threats:

0	No threats (ongoing)

Conservation Actions

Conservation Actions:

This species is present in a number of protected areas.

List of Conservation Actions:

3.2	Research actions - Population numbers and range (needed)
3.3	Research actions - Biology and Ecology (needed)
4.4.2	Habitat and site-based actions - Protected areas - Establishment (in place)
4.4.3	Habitat and site-based actions - Protected areas - Management (in place)

Bibliography

Bibliography:

Alberico, M., Cadena, A. Hernández-Camacho, J. and Muñoz-Saba, Y. 2000. Mamíferos (Synapsida: Theria) de Colombia. Biota Colombiana 1: 43–75.

Baillie, J. and Groombridge, B. (compilers and editors) 1996. 1996 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland.

Eisenberg, J.F. 1989. Mammals of the Neotropics the Northern Neotropics, Volume 1. Panamá, Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana. The University of Chicago Press. Chicago and London.

Engstrom, M., and Lim, B. 2000. Checklist of the mammals of Guyana. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, DC.

Gardner, A.L. 1993. Order Xenarthra. In: D.E. Wilson & D.M. Reeder (eds) Mammal Species of the World: A taxonomic and geographic reference. Second Edition. pp: 63–68. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, DC.

Gardner, A.L. 2005. Order Cingulata. In: D.E. Wilson & D.M. Reeder (eds) Mammal Species of the World: A taxonomic and geographic reference. Third Edition. pp: 94–99. The Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore.

Pacheco, V., de Macedo, H., Vivar, E., Ascorra, C.F., Arana-Cardó, R. and Solari, S. 1995. Lista anotada de los mamíferos peruanos. Occasional Papers in Conservation Biology 2:1-35.

Tirira, D. 1999. Mamíferos del Ecuador. Publicación especial Nº 2, Museo de Zoología de la Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador, Quito, Ecuador.

Wetzel, R.M. 1982. Systematics, distribution, ecology, and conservation of South American edentates. In: M.A. Mares & H.H. Genoways (eds) Mammalian Biology in South America pp: 345–375. University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh.

Wetzel, R.M. and Mondolfi, E. 1979. The subgenera and species of long-nosed armadillos, genus Dasypus L. In: J.F. Eisenberg (ed.) Vertebrate ecology in the northern Neotropics. pp: 43–47. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, DC.

Citation:	Anacleto, T., Cuellar, E. & members of the Edentate Specialist Group 2006. Dasypus kappleri. In: IUCN 2007. 2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 20 August 2008.
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